A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/17 / 2017-11-25 21:18:25 / November 25, 2017 @ 9:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.96 km (23 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:18:25 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.848° West, latitude -20.0558° South, depth = 36.96 km. Id of earthquake: us2000bud6. Event ids that are associated: us2000bud6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 75 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.
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